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The Genie Lied

“I have a
theory,” Rick said. “And it goes against everything I believed up
to the last few years.”

“I’d like to
hear what you’ve come up with,” Wilt said.

“You know what
the problem with this world is?” Rick said.

“We ain’t go
the time,” Wilt said.

“Well,” Rick
said. “It was me and you and the rest like us. We thought we had
the answers. We was gonna change the world. Well, we did. Now look at
it. If I’d knowed it was gonna look like this I’d never bought my
bellbottoms, tented glasses, or let my hair grow. We was all wrong.
We thought all we had to do was join hands and sing a song and the
world would come together.”

“I tend to
agree. We let the Genie out of the bottle,” Wilt said. “They say
the frontal lobe doesn’t fully develop until around the age of 25.
I think we shouldn’t listen to anybody until they’re at least 40.
Nobody’s really mature or responsible till then. That’s the
problem the world listens to too many people who are under 40.”

“Once the Genie
is out of the bottle it’s impossible to put it back,” Rick said.

“Rock ‘n’
roll was the Genie,” Wilt said. “It was fun and exciting. It was
too sappy to be taken seriously; first kiss, first dance, holding
hands, that was about it. Then it started into psychedelic, disco,
heavy metal, then before you knowed it, songs were about raping,
killing, shooting up, getting down, getting high, getting it on,
everything but getting an education and getting a job.”

“And I remember
my mom telling me the fits her dad had when he caught her teaching
The Charleston to her younger brother and sister. The devil’s dance
he called it. What would he call what they’re doing now?” Rick
said.

“Can you
imagine a world without rock and rap?” Wilt said.

“In all
candor,” Rick said, “I don’t think the world would miss it.”

“Logic tells
us," Wilt said, "It us it is useless, mundane, and we could
very easily live without it, be just as happy, just as productive,
and just as creative.”

“Strange,”
Rick said.

“How’s that,”
Wilt said.

“The Genie has
everyone convinced we can’t live without her,” Rick said.

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